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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Garnet Hooper

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Octopus displaying (aggression?) as it comes out of it's hiding place.This image is "as taken" - no editing. Fuji e900, f7 and 1/125sec, Ikelite housing and DS51 strobe plus Inon UFL-165AD fisheye lens.
Anemones on a lone whip coral in a sand desert. This image is "as taken" - no editing. Fuji e900, Ikelite housing and DS51 strobe plus Inon UFL-165AD fisheye lens.
Portrait of a Connemara clingfish (Lepadogaster candollei) perched on Pentapora foliacea. Taken with a Fuji e900 compact camera in Ikelite housing and DS51 strobe using 2 stacked INON UCL-165AD Close-up lenses.
Blue-spotted Stingray in flight on the Thistlegorm at night. This image is "as taken" - no editing. Fuji e900, Ikelite housing and DS51 strobe plus Inon UFL-165AD fisheye lens.
Divers on the Salem Express. Taken from the bow with a Fuji e900 in Ikelite housing with Inon UFL-165AD fisheye lens, using natural light.
Diver next to the port side prop of the Salem Express. Taken with a Fuji e900 compact camera in an Ikelite housing and Inon UFL-165AD fisheye lens, using natural light.
Another Pentapora, surrounded by the sponge Hemimycale columella, and a sea rose (nudibranch egg string). Fuji e900, Ikelite housing and DS51 stobe, and INON UFL-165AD fisheye lens.
This photo shows that although British vis isn't always great, the underwater scenery can be!! The bryozoan Pentapora foliacea surrounded by Jewel anemones and sea beard. Fuji e900 with INON UFL-165AD fisheye lens, Ikelite housing & DS51 substrobe.
Vegetarian Dahlia anemone (Urticina felina)! Subject approx 3cm (1.2 inches). Taken with Fuji e900 in Ikelite housing on Manual (inc focus) with Ikelite DS51 substrobe using stacked INON UCL165AD lenses. This image has not been cropped.
Trigger fish defending its nesting area, Sipadan. I still have the teeth marks in my fins from this guy...!
Fuji e900 in Ikelite housing with INON UFL-165AD Fisheye lens and Ikelite DS51 substrobe.
Divers in the sun...! Fantastic vis at Sipadan...
Taken with a Fuji e900 in an Ikelite housing using natural light and with an INON UFL-165AD Fisheye lens
Crown of thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) on the prowl. Fuji e900 on macro setting with Ikelite housing and Ikelite DS51 substrobe
Starfish taking it easy... Fuji e900 on macro setting in Ikelite housing with ikelite DS51 substrobe
Close up shot of an octopus (Octopus vulgaris) at Les Deux Freres, using stacked INON UCL 165 macro lenses with a Fuji e900 compact in an Ikelite housing and Ikelite DS51 substrobe.
Scorpion fish at the Brothers, Les Sablettes in the South of France, using stacked Inon UCL 165 lenses and Ikelite D51 substrobe.
Close-up of a Velvet swimming crab (Necora puber) taken during a night dive in a kelp bed at Millport, Scotland, using a Nikon V and strobe.
Common Prawn (Palaemon serratus) taken at night in Millport, Scotland, using a Nikon V with close-up lens and strobe
 
17 Entries Found